1920 Auburn Tigers football team

1920 Auburn Tigers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	7–2 (3–2 SIAA)
Head coach	Mike Donahue (16th season)
Base defense	7–2–2
Captain	Emmett Sizemore
Home stadium	Drake Field Rickwood Field
Seasons ←  1919 1921  →

1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia +	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech +	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Alabama	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Centre	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Furman	3	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Transylvania	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Howard (AL)	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Mississippi College	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Florida	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
LSU	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Chattanooga	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Georgetown (KY)	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Millsaps	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Mercer	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Wofford	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1920 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' 29th overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his 16th year, and played their home games at Drake Field in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of seven wins and two losses (7–2 overall, 3–2 in the SIAA). Auburn outscored their opponents by a margin of 332–49, a then school record for points, but were held scoreless in their two losses by the conference co-champions.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Marion *	Drake Field Auburn, AL	W 35–0		[1]
October 2	Howard (AL)	Drake Field Auburn, AL	W 88–0		[2]
October 9	Fort Benning *	Drake Field Auburn, AL	W 14–2
October 15	at Clemson	Riggs Field Clemson, SC	W 21–0
October 21	Vanderbilt	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	W 56–6	8,000
October 30	vs. Georgia	Memorial Stadium Columbus, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 0–7	7,000	[3]
November 6	vs. Birmingham–Southern *	Gunter Park Montgomery, AL	W 49–0		[4]
November 13	Washington and Lee *	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	W 77–0
November 25	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–34	20,000	[5]
*Non-conference game

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References

1. "Auburn defeats Marion Cadets in first game". The Anniston Star. September 24, 1920. Retrieved September 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Auburn romps on Howard Bulldogs". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 3, 1920. Retrieved August 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. Gene Hinton (October 31, 1920). "Georgia Upsets Dope and Defeats Auburn By A Single Touchdown". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2016– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Immense crowd sees Tiger swamp Birmingham eleven". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 7, 1920. Retrieved September 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Golden Tornado Sweeps Through Auburn Team 34–0: "Buck" Flowers in Final Game of Career Plays Spectacular Football, Makes Two Eighty-Yard Runs". The Spartanburg Herald. November 26, 1920. p. 14.
6. 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 185. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
7. "1920 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2012.